Automobile handling device



Dec. 23, 1930.

E. B. ANDERSON AUTOMOBILE HANDLING DEVICE Filed Aug. 31, 19.29

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AUTOMOBILE HANDLING DEVICE Filed Aug. 5l 1929 2 Sheets-Sham 2 Patented Dec. 23, 1.930

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PATENT! oFFicE .ELLIS E. ANDERSON, or MEMPHIs, TENNESSEE .AUTOMOBILE HANDLING DEVICE Appncation medfAug'ust 31, 1929. serial-No. 389,640.

Vrlhis invention relates. to an elevator forv raising automobiles-or other vehicles from a lower floor to higher iioors. `It has especial relation to a device for'raising aplurality of automobiles at thel same time and for posiy tioning them at progressively diderent floors. l Y v The objects of this invention are to providemeans for raising a number of automo- 1'0' biles at the same time to different ioor levels.

A further object is to generally improvek the design and construction of sucha device.

vThe means by which'. the foregoing and other objects are accomplished andthe man- '.15 ner of their accomplishment will Vreadil-y'be understood from the following specification on reference to the accompanying drawings,-

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Fig. 1, is a sectional end elevation vof a five story building showing four -automobiles in position to be raised'tothefour upper floors and in dotted position showing these automobiles after raising. f

1Fig-2, is a floor plan of the elevator endY '.25 of thebuilding, and-of the elevator.

FigQS, is an enlarged sideelevation ofthe elevator'platform and support.

Fig. 4, is a similarly enlarged end elevation of the same parts.

the various parts arelindicated by numerals,

10 are thefbuilding walls; l1 is the mainY floor; and 12, 13, lflr'and 15 are the second, third, fourth and fifth yfloors respectively,

Y 16 are the basement walls,l17 the basement loorand 18 a narrowelongated pit in which a hydraulic cylinder 19is disposed. v"lhis cylinder isv provided adjacent its upper end with trunnions 2O which are,jou'rnalledfiny p edestals 21. 22 arefoundations onwhich these pedestals are supported. 231is'the ram or plunger. 24 are beams preferably' of I sliaped`cross section which are disposed` across thebuilding. These beamsare par- 45 allellto eachother and.arezspacedapartpref- Referring now to the drawings in which.

erably adjacent the ends -of elevator platforms 25, 26, 27 and 28 whichareto be raised by them. Each of the beams is provided at one end with an upwardly curved extension 29preferably also of 'I shaped cross section, 5 which extensions are kprovided with bossesV or bearings 30. `These bearings are journaled on pins 31, which are carried by pedestals32..

The; pedestals 32 are supported on suitable foundation piers 33, and are so disposed that V the two ypins carried thereby are in axial tudinally along the beams..y A transversely opposite pair of jvoists thus carried, support the floor or platform of each elevator. These A shaped frames are vdesignated in the claims as supports extending rigidly upward from` the beams. Depending from each of the joists or from vtheplatform Vadjacent the Y I joists Vare A frames 37, which A frames lie.,

along sidethe beams and serve vas rigid members through which the horizontal position of the platforms mayg-be maintained.V ,Each 75V of theselatter A frames is pivotally connectedat its apex,as bypins 38, to struts 39 whichv I varedisposed-equal distances below thepin f .mountings35' ofthe platform andf which struts lie parallel fto V.the top of thegbeams.

Ast one end these struts are'pivotally connected as by pins 4 0'to pedestals 41.. The pins 40 lie inthe vertical plane ofthe beam pins V31, although they are laterally offset in order that the struts may vlie at thefside of .the

beams. It'will belseen'that the hinge `pins for each beam `and corresponding strut and the corresponding pair of platform pins lie `attheV cornersof a parallelogram with -rigid sides,so that when the Aouter ends of the beams are raised thus raising the platforms, cach of these platforms will at all times be maintained in horizontal position, provided such conditions initially exist. T he platform supports are spaced at sucli distance from the pins 3l, that when one of them is brought level with the particular floor with which it co-operates, the remainder of the platforms will be level with their respective floors. This condition will obtain when the distance from the pins 31 to the support pins 38 is proportioned to the distance of the floors vertically above the pin 38. Ordinarily the floors will be equal distances apart, in which case the distance between platform pins will be equal.

The beams 24 are connected intermediate their ends and ordinarily adjacent the middle thereof by cross girders l2 which in turn carry bearings 43 spaced apart. Disposed between these bearings is the upper end 44 of the ram 23 which is pivotally connected to them by a pin 45.

4G indicates diagrammatically a hydraulic pump and L7 an electric motor for driving the same. 48 is an oil pipe from the pump through one of the trunnions 2O into the cyl inder, and 49 a return pipe to an oil tank 50. 5l is a pipe from the oil tank to the pump. 52 is a control valve. The detail and operation of such parts being well known and not a part of the present invention, need not here be shown.

In using the device the beams are lowered b y the ram to a horizontal position, bringing all the elevator platforms level with the main floor. Any or all, of the platforms may then be loaded, as by the automobiles shown, and oil or other liquid forced by the pump into the cylinder, causing the ram to raise the beams upward around their pin centers, andV raisingv the elevator platforms Q5, 26, 27 and 2S respectively to the second, third, fourth and fifth floors. During such movement the struts 39 will maintain the platforms in horizontal position. lt will of course be understood that platform 28 may be raised and stopped at any one of the four floors, that platform 27 may be stopped at any of three floors, and platform 26 at either of two floors. 19A shown dotted, indicates the position to which the cylinder swings during the upward movement of the elevator. 23A indicates the eXtreme extended position of the ram, and 24A the corresponding position of the beams. 25A. 26A,27A, and 28A show the resulting positions of the elevator platforms and 39A the corresponding position of the struts.V The platforms are lowered by allowing the oil to return to the tank and the ram to descend.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An elevator, for a building having` a main floor and a plurality of elevated floors,

comprising a pair of parallel beams spaced apart, and normally disposed parallel to said main floor level, pivotal mountings, one for each of said beams, positioned in alignment at right angles to said beams at one end thereof, supports extending rigidly upward from each of said beams, there being one support on each beam for each of said elevated floors, said supports being spaced from said pivotal mountings at distances proportional to the distance of said floors above said mountings, platforms pivotally mounted, each on a transversely aligned pair of supports, members secured to and entending Arigidly downward from each of said platforms adjacent said beams, pivotal strut mountings disposed below said beam mountings, struts disposed parallel with said beams and carried by said strut mountings, pins connecting said rigid members to said struts, a hydraulic cylinder disposed below said beams and pivetally supported, and a ram in said cylinder, hingedlyconnected at its upper end to said beams intermediate their ends, whereby said beams may be pushed upward to raise said platforms, and said platforms will be maintained in level position. 2. An elevator, for a building having a main Hoor and a plurality of elevated floors, comprising a pair of parallel beams spaced apart, and normally disposed parallel to said main floor level, pivotal mountings one for each of vsaid beams positioned in alignment at right angles to said beams at one end thereof, supports extendingl rigidly upward from each of said beams, there being one support on each beam for each of said elevated fioors, said supports being spaced from said pivotal mountings at distances proportional to the distance of said floors above said mountings, platforms pivotally mounted, each on a transversely aligned pair of supports, iembers secured to and extending rigidly downward from each of said platforms adjacent said beams, means, pin connected to said members, for maintaining said platforms level, a hydraulic cylinder disposed below said beams and pivotally supported, and a ram mounted in said cylinder, hingedly connected at its upper end to said beams intermediate their ends. whereby said beams may be pushed upward to raise said platforms, and said platforms will be maintained in level position.

3. An elevator, for a builoing having a main floor and a plurality of elevated floors, comprising a pair of parallel beams spaced apart, and norn'ially'disposed parallel to said main floor level, pivotal mountings one for each of said beams positioned in alignment atright angles to said beams at one end thereof, supports extending rigidly upward from each of said beams, there being one support on each beam for each of said elevated floors,

said supports being spaced from said pivotal iiiountings at distances proportional to the distance of said floors above said mountings,

form pivotally supported by and above said for said cylinder adjacent the upper end thereof, a ram'in saidcylinder pivotally sebeams, means intermediate the length of maintaining said platforms in horizontal position. 7

10. An elevatorfor a building having a n main floor, and a plurality of elevated floors, comprising a 'platform for each of said elevated floors, and means for raising said platforms simultaneously at speeds proportional tothe height above`v saidmain floor of the floor served by each, whereby said platforms will simultaneously arrive at their respective iioors.

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said beams for raising the free, end of saidV beams, and means for maintaining said platform in horizontal position. f

5. An elevator, comprising a pair of parallel beams, aligned pivotalmountings forone end of said beams, a plurality of norizontal platforms pivotally supported by andabove said beams, and spacer] smart along said beams, means intermediate the length of said beams for raising the free end of said beams, and means for maintaining said platforms in horizontal position.

6. An elevator, comprising a pair offparallel beams, aligned pivotal mountings for one end of saidV beams, horizontal platforms pivotally supported by and above said beams,

' and spaced apart along said beams, means for raising the vfree endv of said beams, and means for maintaining said platforms in horizontal position. l

'7. An elevator,comprising a pair of parallel beams, aligned pivotal mountings for one end of said beams, ahydraulic cylinder disposed below said beains,'a pivotal support cured to said beams intermediate their ends, a platformpivotally supported by and above said beams and means for vmaintaining said 'platform' in ,horizontal position.

8. An elevator, comprising a pair Vof parallel beams, aligned pivotal mountings for one end of said beams, a hydraulic cylinder disposed below said beams, a -pivotal supportk for said cylinder 'adjacent the upper end thereof, a raminsaidcylinder pivotally secured to said beams intermediate their: ends,

platformspivotally Ysupported by and above Vsaid beams and means for maintaining said platformsv in horizontal position.

79. An elevator, comprising a pair of parallel beams, aligned pivotal mountings for one end of said beams, a hydraulic cylinder i disposed below said beams, a pivotal support f for said cylinder, a rain in said cylinder piv-A otally secured to saidfbeamsplatforms-pim otally supported by said beams andineans for ico Y iso 

